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  • August 2023

  • Fri 18
    August 18, 2023 | 1:00 pm - August 20, 2023 | 3:00 pm

    Seaside Art, Photography & Book Fair

    Sunshine Coast artists, photography and authors will be showcasing and selling their work at this free event at the Seaside Centre, 5790 Teredo Street, Sechelt, BC. There will be literary readings and art workshops. Artists and Photographers include: Roger Handling Kasia Krolikowska Paula O’Brien Paddy Meade Kevin Wells Vash Step and his Sunshine Coast photography […]

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  • Thu 24
    August 24, 2023 | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Ink Slinger Sampler: Local Writers at the Night Market

    Vancouver Island Regional Library, Nanaimo Harbourfront Branch 90 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC, Canada

    Wordstorm members will be showcasing their poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction at a free family-friendly public event open to all ages on August 24th from 5 pm to 7 pm. The event happens in the atrium of the Harbourfront Library during Nanaimo’s Commercial Street Night Market. You’ll be treated to twelve local poets and authors […]

    Free
  • October 2023

  • Fri 27
    October 27, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

    Book Signing with Ken McGoogan

    Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Please join Munro’s Books for a book signing with award-winning, globe-trotting, history-hunting storyteller, Ken McGoogan! In his latest book, Searing for Franklin: New Light on the Great Arctic Mystery, arctic historian Ken McGoogan approaches the legacy of nineteenth-century explorer Sir John Franklin from a contemporary perspective and offers a surprising new explanation of an enduring […]

    Free
  • November 2023

  • Sun 19
    November 19, 2023 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Book Launch: Blue Camas, Blue Camas by Danielle S. Marcotte

    Black Bond Books - Ladner 5251 Ladner Trunk Road, Ladner, BC, Canada

    Join local author Danielle S. Marcotte for the launch of her new picture book, Blue Camas, Blue Camas. Sunday, November 19 | 1:00 pm Black Bond Books – Ladner Village Blue Camas, Blue Camas is the captivating story of how a flower that has been cultivated on Canada’s west coast since time immemorial came to […]

  • May 2024

  • Fri 10
    May 10, 2024 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    Book Signing: Hand Drawn Victoria with Emma Fitzgerald

    Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Join Munro’s Books on May 10th to meet Emma Fitzgerald, author of Hand Drawn Victoria: An Illustrated Tour in and Around BC's Capital City!! For locals and visitors alike, these sketches and stories highlight both the historic monuments and everyday moments that make Victoria shine. You never know quite what you’ll come across in British […]

    Free
  • Mon 20
    May 20, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    Victoria Day Explore Victoria Book Signing!

    Munro's Books 1108 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Join Munro’s Books on Victoria Day to meet the authors of four local books: Collin Varner's 50 Keystone Flora Species of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest and 50 Keystone Fauna Species of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest; Taryn Eyton's Backpacking on Vancouver Island; and Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies' 111 Places […]

    Free
  • April 2025

  • Mon 7
    April 7, 2025 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

    TriCities Writers Fest

    Get ready for the Tri-Cities Writers Festival 2025! We’re welcoming more than a dozen celebrated authors to our community for four days of talks, panels, and workshops this May. Sessions will be in-person and online, and include a kick-off cocktail reception, where you can enjoy great food and drink alongside your fellow book lovers, and […]

    Free
  • Sat 26
    April 26, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Tawahum Bige: Book Launch & Conversation at Enabling Arts

    Enabling Arts 104-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Tawahum Bige will launch a new poetry collection, Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells, at Enabling Arts on Granville Island on April 26, 7pm. In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige explores belonging and voice of a Two-Spirit Dene youth. These poems are a stark plunge—an answer to how voice emerges for a young […]

  • June 2025

  • Mon 2
    June 2, 2025 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Bones of a Giant with Brian Thomas Isaac

    Native Education College 285 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join Massy Books, Penguin Random House, and Brian Thomas Isaac for the launch of "Bones of a Giant" at 7 pm on Monday, June 2nd! Books will be for sale at the event, including "All the Quiet Places." Venue: The event will be hosted at the Massy Books, at 229 East Georgia Street in Chinatown, […]

  • October 2025

  • Thu 16
    October 16, 2025 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

    Love At First Page

    Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch 350 West Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Writing a book is a labour of love that often involves working through complex relationships right on the page. Join four Canadian novelists writing at the intersections of romance, comedy and mental health as they discuss creating lovably flawed characters, share the process of writing second chance storylines and offer their tried-and-true writing tips to […]

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